Undergarment



April 35- s. L. BERGE'R 1,996,536

UNDERGARMENT Filed April 24, 1934 I nuenor: fianzuell.fieyer,

Patented Apr. 2, 1935 5 Claims.

of union undergarment disclosed in PatentiNo.

- In the union undergarment shown in the patent; an elastic webbing is employed across the top of the seat of the garment, the webbing being at-1- tached at the ends thereof to the sides of the garment and reinforcing means being: provided for transmitting the strain and pull exerted by the webbing, when extended, to the shoulder of the wearer. The present invention is directed to a novel method of attaching the ends of the webbing to the garment to bring about a 'morefirm association of these endswith the reinforcing means and generally to obtain a more serviceable unionof the end of the web with the garment.

The invention will be readily understood by referring to the drawing accompanying the present application; it being understood that the drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the present invention and that the invention may be embodied in a variety of forms falling within the scope of the appended claims.

Fig. l is a rear view of a garment embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 shows an end portion of an elastic web before the tape is assembled therewith.

Fig. 3 shows the end portion of the web with the tape assembled therewith.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a partly broken face view of the end of the web when attached to the garment.

Fig. '7 is an enlarged sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the necessity of sewing or stitching across the elastic webbing and particularly across or on the part thereof which contains the rubber yarn. It is also important to eliminate the possibility of any of the rubber yarn from being withdrawn from the union or attachment by the repeated pull and strain to which the web is sub-- jected in use. For this double purpose the present invention contemplates the provision of means outside the elastic portion of the web for receiving sewing and stitching for attaching the end of the web to the sides of the garment. As shown in the preferred embodiment of the invention, this additional means takes the form of a short piece of ribbon tape which is interposed between the layers of the folded over end of the web and 1,996,536 7 1 G R N 7 Samuel L. Berger, Newton Center; Mas'a, assignor -to-Boston KnittingMills, Inc.', Newton-', Mass.,

a ccrporaticnof Massachusetts l 'Application dpril 24, 1934, Serial No. 722.187"

is PS'ECHI'BCL. therein by any suitable adhesive but preferably by a latex cement such as a vulcanizing latex cement, a non-vnlcanizing latex cement, or. a vulcanizedlatex. cement.

As shownin the preferred embodiment illus- 5;

trated inthe drawing, a-web W is employed which consists of a main body portion. H having the elastic fibre covered squirted rubber yarn and having an inelasticfringe i2 along one edge. The web H1 isattached to: the. seat I3 of the garment by stitching passing theifringe i2 and the seat [3. The tape t5 is cemented between the layers of. eachfolded end and has the portion l6 thereof projecting from the top of the web.

This projecting portion: I 6 isattache'd to the gar- 1 5T ment by means of stitching Hz. The reenforcing tape It or the reenforcing flatlock stitching l8, whichever may be employed; is stitched to the portion l6 ofv the ribbon tape I 5. and. no stitching of any sort passes through the elastic part H of the web. Similarly. the garter loo-p 2B is attached to the part t6 and to the" reinforcing tape l8 (or theflatlocls stitching 39) by means of suitable stitching .2 I: which also passes throughv the adjacent portion 22 of the garment. The garter loop is also attached intermediate its length to the fringe 12 'and the adjacent portion of the seat l3 by means of stitching 24.

It will be understood, however, that if desired a web may be employed having a fringe along both edges, in which case the use of the ribbon tape l5 may be eliminated, for the upper and lower fringes of the web may then be employed to receive all the stitching. The ends of the web will still be folded over and cemented as shown.

The manner of assembling and constructing a garment in the preferred form will now be more particularly described. a

As shown in Fig. 2, a layer 25 of a suitable adhesive such as a latex cement is applied to each end portion of the web [0 cut to suitable length. While as shown this cement is applied over the entire width of the web, it will be understood that, if desired, the fringe l2 may be left uncoated. A short piece 15 of inelastic woven ribbon tape or the like is then placed over a part of the adhesive layer and the end of the web is folded over as shown in Fig. 3 so that the tape I5 is disposed beend of the web [0. The folded ends are then hammered down or otherwise pressed together, and are permitted to dry for about an hour in the air, thereby forming an intimate and firm union of the tape I5 and the folded layers of the web. If desired the ends may be subjected to a heat treatment, with or without pressure. The adhesive employed should be of such a nature that, while a firm union is obtained, the thus treated ends of the web or rubber yam should not become hard or brittle.

The web I0 with the ends thus folded and treated is now attached to the top of the seat l3 of the garment by any suitable stitch in a manner well known in the art. The portions l6 at each end of the web are then bartacked to the adjacent portion 22 of the garment by the stitching 1 The reenforcing tape l8 (or the reenforcing flatlock stitch l9) extending from the bottom of the arm hole to the web and serving to transmit the stretch and pull of the web II], when distended in use, to the shoulders of the wearer overlap on the portions I6 and are stitched thereto and to the garment by any suitable stitching. Similarly, the garter loops are sewed on as previously described.

It will be seen that by means of the present invention the ends of the elastic web and of the squirted rubber yarn are firmly cemented; this together with the absence of any stitching across. the elastic part of the web serves to minimize the possibility of loosening any of the rubber yarn.

I claim? 1. In a union undergarment of the type having a transverse opening in its back portion and dividing the same into a main body portion and a seat; an elastic web attached to and across the top of the seat, said web having a doubled, over portion at each end, tape disposed between the layers of said doubled over portion, adhesive disposed in said doubled over portion uniting the layers thereof and the tape, said tape projecting from said doubled over portion and stitching passing through said projecting portion of the tape and the adjacent portion of the garment for attachment of the ends of the webbing to the garment.

2. In a union undergarment of the type having a transverse opening in its back portion and dividing the same into a main body portion and a seat: an elastic web attached to and across the top of the seat, said web having a doubled over portion at each end, inelastic tape disposed between the layers of said doubled over portion, adhesive disposed in said doubled over portion uniting the layers thereof and the tape, said tape projecting from said doubled over portion and stitching passing through said projecting. portion of the tape and the adjacent portion of the garment for attachment of the ends of the webbing to the garment.

3. In a union undergarment having a seat portion; an elastic web attached to and across the top of the seat, said web having a doubled over portion at each end thereof, tape disposed between the layers of the doubled over portion, adhesive uniting said tape and the layers of the doubled over portion, said tape having a part thereof extending from said web, and stitching uniting said part and the garment 4. In a union undergarment having a seat portion; an elastic web attached toand-across the top of the seat, said web having a doubled over portion at each end thereof, tape disposed be-. tween the layers of the doubled over portion, adhesive uniting said tape and the layers of the doubled over portion, said tape having apart thereof extending fromsaid web and reenforcing means along the side of the garment attached to the extending partof said tape.

5. In a union undergarment having a seat portion, an elastic web attached to and across the top of the seat, an'inelastic tape adhesively united with each end of the web, said tape having a part thereof extending from the web, and stitching uniting said part to the sides of thegarment.

- SAMUEL L. BERGER. 

